Jurisdictional news
Decisions that tighten or ease rules for forming a company, obtaining residency or citizenship, or restricting individual liberties: short digests from pre-selected sources.
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Easing Individual liberties New UK Prime Minister Should End the Assault on Protest Rights
© 2026 James Willoughby/SOPA Images via Reuters Palestine Action, the direct-action protest group, was granted permission on July 30 to appeal its terrorist designation at the United Kingdom Supreme Court. The government controversially issued this designation in 2025, and although the group successfully appealed the designation in the High Court, that ruling was reversed by the Court of Appeal in June. Sinc….
Source · Human Rights Watch
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Mixed Individual liberties Freedom In Focus: Elections Abolished in Nicaragua
zevans@freedom… sident Daniel Ortega in 2021. Argueta l Ortega boldly declared the elimination of elections in Nicaragua , saying, “Forget it; there won't be elections here again.” Referring to the opposition and other regime critics, the 80-year-old dictator asserted that they would never again have the opportunity to take control of the governmen.
Source · Freedom House
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Easing Individual liberties Bangladesh: Fair Trial Concerns at Tribunal
Click to expand er 17, 2025. © 2025 Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto via AP Photo (London) – Bangladesh authorities are failing to uphold international legal standards at the country’s International Crimes Tribunal, Human Rights Watch said today.
Source · Human Rights Watch
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Mixed Individual liberties Indonesia: Environmentalists, Indigenous Leaders Unjustly Prosecuted
Click to expand ing company during a media interview in Sei Gawing village, Kapuas regency in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan Province, February 12, 2026. © 2026 BAY ISMOYO / AFP via Getty Images Indonesian authorities are wrongfully prosecuting environmental defenders who protest deforestation and pollution as well as Indigenous leaders who defend their land rights.The Prabowo administration has intensified the cr….
Source · Human Rights Watch
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Easing Individual liberties Nepal: Government Actions Threaten Judicial Independence
Click to expand etitions and applications in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 19, 2026. © 2026 Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto via AP Photo (Geneva) – Recent actions by the government of Nepal that threaten the independence of the country’s judiciary are a source of serious concern, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today. In particular, political pressure has….
Source · Human Rights Watch
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Tightening Individual liberties Cuba: Freedom House Welcomes Release of Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, Calls for Release of Other Political Prisoners
zevans@freedom… uis Manuel Otero Alcántara. Otero Alcántara is an award-winning artist and activist who cofounded the San Isidro Movement to protest the Cuban regime’s increasing censorship of free expression.
Source · Freedom House